Hinderwell with Roxby Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Hinderwell with Roxby is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Staithes, Runswick, Roxby, and Hinderwell St Nicholas.

Alternative names: Hinderwell

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Hinderwell with Roxby

  • Parish registers: 1601
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1601

Hinderwell St Nicholas

  • Parish registers: 1758
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1619

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Primitive Methodist, Society of Friends/Quaker, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Hinderwell

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HINDERWELL, a village, a township, and a parish in Whitby district, N. R. Yorkshire.

The village stands on the coast, 7½ miles NNW of Grosmont r. station, and 8½ NW by N of Whitby; and has a post office under Redcar.

The township comprises 1, 550 acres of land and 440 of water. Real property, £4, 628; of which £1, 505 are in ironworks. Pop. in 1851, 1, 736; in 1861, 2, 571. Houses, 547. The increase of pop. arose from the opening of extensive iron mines.

The parish contains also the township of Roxby, and comprises 4, 400 acres. Real property, £6, 383. Pop., 2, 805. Houses, 588.

The manor belongs to the Marquis of Normanby. Most of the inhabitants are engaged in fisheries.

A Turkish vessel, infected with the plague, was stranded on the coast in 1603, and communicated the plague to the villagers.

The living is a rectory, united with the chapelry of Roxby, in the diocese of York. Value, £494. Patron, Robert Barry, Esq. The parish church was partly rebuilt in 1817. A spring of pure water, called St. Hilda’s well, is in the churchyard; and a retreat of St. Hilda is supposed to have been near.

There is a church in Roxby. Charities, £5.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Roxby

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ROXBY, a chapelry in Hinderwell parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 6 miles N of Lealholm r. station, and 10 W N W of Whitby. Post-town, Redcar. Acres, 2, 410. Real property, £1, 755. Pop., 234. Houses, 41. The living is annexed to the rectory of Hinderwell.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Hinderwell

England, Yorkshire, Hinderwell – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Monumental inscriptions, St. Hilda’s Churchyard, Hinderwell, North Yorkshire, 1750-1920
Author:    Harris, Dorothy L.; Webster, Thomas

North Yorkshire monumental inscriptions for Hinderwell
Author:    Harris, Dorothy L.; Webster, Thomas; Cleveland Family History Society

England, Yorkshire, Hinderwell – Census ( 2 )
Census returns for Hinderwell, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

Census returns for Roxby, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, Hinderwell – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
1851 census for Hinderwill, Staithes, Roxby, Runswick Bay

England, Yorkshire, Hinderwell – Church records ( 7 )
Baptisms for Staithes Circuit, 1878-1947
Author:    Primitive Methodist Church. Staithes Circuit (Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Hinderwell, 1601-1852
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Hinderwell (Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Roxby, near Whitby, 1619-1831
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Roxby (near Whitby, Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Hinderwell, parish registers, 1801-1978
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Hinderwell (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

Parish register transcripts for St. Hilda’s Church, Hinderwell, 1601-1812
Author:    Harris, Dorothy L.; East Cleveland Employment Agency

Parish registers for Hinderwell, 1601-1875
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Hinderwell (Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Roxby, 1758-1841
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Roxby (near Whitby, Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Hinderwell – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Computer printout of Hinderwell, Yorks., Eng

Computer printout of Roxby near Whitby, Yorks., Eng

Parish register printouts of Hinderwell, York, England ; christenings, 1765-1872
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Hinderwell, Yorkshire, England ; marriages, 1601-1728
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Yorkshire, Hinderwell – History ( 1 )
The Nagars of Runswick Bay
Author:    Johnson, Jazzer

Roxby

England, Yorkshire, Roxby (near Whitby) – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Memorial inscriptions, St. Nicholas’ churchyard, Roxby, 1634-1960
Author:    Mitchell, S. C.; Blaney, O.

Monumental inscriptions, St. Nicholas’s Churchyard, Roxby
Author:    Cleveland Family History Society

England, Yorkshire, Roxby (near Whitby) – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Roxby, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, Roxby (near Whitby) – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
1851 census for Hinderwill, Staithes, Roxby, Runswick Bay

England, Yorkshire, Roxby (near Whitby) – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Roxby, near Whitby, 1619-1831
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Roxby (near Whitby, Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Roxby (near Whitby), parish registers, 1758-1841
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Roxby (near Whitby, Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1758-1841
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Roxby (near Whitby, Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Roxby, 1758-1841
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Roxby (near Whitby, Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Roxby (near Whitby) – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Roxby near Whitby, Yorks., Eng

Parish register printouts of Pickhill with Roxby, Yorkshire, England

England, Yorkshire, Roxby (near Whitby) – History ( 1 )
Thornton-le-Dale : being the history of the people of Thornton, Ellerburn-cum-Farmanby, Roxby, Dalby, and Thornton Marishes from the earliest times to the present day
Author:    Jeffery, Reginald Wellbury

Administration

  • County:    Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District:    Whitby
  • Probate Court:    Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese:    York
  • Rural Deanery:    Cleveland
  • Poor Law Union:    Whitby
  • Hundred:    Langbaurgh
  • Province:    York